The subject is topical in another Baltic state, Lithuania, which introduced a currency board in 1994.

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The move had been expected and comes after the small Baltic state met the required financial criteria.

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Michael Campbell told a court on Wednesday that although he did travel to the Baltic state to buy weapons, he did not intend to use them to arm republican paramilitaries.

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In a paper released today, entitled An Effective U.S. Response to Soviet Economic Warfare Against Lithuania, the Center recommended specific measures that would impose real costs on the Soviet Union for its coercive policy toward those seeking independence and freedom in that Baltic state.

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Although it is largely a ceremonial post, the re-emergence of the perestroika-era leader alongside the appointment in the other Baltic State of Lithuania of the former Communist leader, Algirdas Brazauskas, as prime minister, sends mixed signals about the ability of a younger generation of Baltic politicians to rule.

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